One interesting bit of research I came across is that a study found a 33 percent increase in the completion of goals among
those who wrote their goals down, created an action plan and shared with a friend.
Multiple studies have revealed that people
who write their goals have a higher likelihood of achieving their goals than those who do not.
Not exact matches
These are leaders
who, as I
wrote in my book Great CEOs Are Lazy, prioritize wearing the «Coach's Hat»: their entire
goal is to build a safe and accepting environment where people are encouraged to do their best work.
The study looked at 149 participants in networking and business groups from the United States, Belgium, India, Japan, Australia and England and found that more than 70 percent of the participants
who sent weekly updates to friends reported successful
goal achievement, compared to 35 percent of those
who kept their
goals to themselves and didn't
write them down.
«Your
goal is to make money as a VC or accelerator
who is investing other people's money because you have a fiduciary duty to do everything in your power to bring your LPs returns,» Hamilton
wrote in her Medium post.
Studies have shown that people
who write down their
goals get significantly more done.
Writing for the Unreasonable.is, Daniel Epstein,
who has founded nine companies, points out that if we chase efficiency, we can very well end up quite far from our original
goals.
If we've learned one thing about the TV business over the past year, it's that almost everything that was once
written in stone is now up for grabs, including
who is in control and what they see as their end
goal.
«The number one
goal of a wellness program is to promote health and prevent disease,»
writes Starkman,
who recommends defining corporate wellness programs in
writing and making them structured and reasonable.
People
who don't compare themselves to others and instead think about their own business
goals are the happiest, Wong
writes.
It's a big moment for CEO Elon Musk,
who wrote in his 2006 «Master Plan» that his ultimate
goal for Tesla was to produce an affordable electric car.
Acton,
who will serve as the nonprofit's chief executive,
wrote that his
goal was to make the Signal Foundation self - sustaining, adding that he shared Marlinspike's belief that a nonprofit was best vehicle to achieve it.
Gail Matthews of Dominican University performed a study that showed that those
who wrote down their
goals, and shared their
goals, accomplished significantly more than those
who didn't.
The study ultimately found that participants
who stuck to a
goal - oriented,
written plan performed 30 percent better than those
who didn't.
A 2015 Dominican University of California study found that more than 70 percent of the participants
who sent weekly updates to friends reported successful
goal achievement, compared to 35 percent of those
who kept their
goals to themselves without
writing them down.
Corey @ 20s Finances
writes Five Ways to Achieve Your Financial
Goals — Very rarely do I meet someone
who doesn't care about achieving financial success.
If you compared my
writing from ten years ago with the
writing I do today, I use different terminology, different approaches to proving my point, different vocabulary, and I even have different theological beliefs, supported by reading passages of Scripture in different ways, all to accomplish different
goals in the minds and hearts of those
who read.
Bacon was a devout Anglican,
who wrote that the
goals for his science were to discover truth and serve his country and the Church.
Einstein's characterization of the scientist
who wants to find a lucid and simplified image of the world is reinforced in our time by the statement of Stephen Hawking (1988) in his A Brief History of Time, when he
wrote on the final page: «The eventual
goal of science is to provide a single theory that describes the whole universe».
«Given that the express
goal of this event is evangelism, with the commitment of new believers to Christ, we do not believe that Rev. Graham... should be the exemplar that impresses itself on these new believers,»
wrote four evangelical pastors and a Catholic leader
who were invited to endorse the March 3 — 5 event, but opposed Graham's place as keynote speaker.
God frequently used imperfect individuals to further His
goals for us... might this also apply to those
who wrote and compiled the books of the Bible?
The
goal is equality, as it is
written: «The one
who gathered much did not have too much, and the one
who gathered little did not have too little»» (8:13 - 15, TNIV).
Several big - name Chelsea midfielders have been linked to moves away from the club — particularly Eden Hazard,
who has just one
goal in 32 competitions as of
writing.
It will be interesting to see how well Dembele does against a rejuvenated Bayern side
who are on the back of five straight wins, in which they conceded only the one
goal, but the Celts are famed for their performances in front of their home crowd, and you wouldn't like to
write the Scottish side of at Parkhead.
As we
wrote earlier, every club goes around trying to find a striker
who can convert that 15
goals to 20 and may be to 25.
I'll be asleep and will look forward to your
write up of
who scored for us and how Mustafi screwed up for their
goal
After Ledley's record - breaking
goal in December, 2000, our former Club Historian Andy Porter,
who sadly passed away in 2014,
wrote the following for our official 2001 - 02 handbook...
He, like many others, looks like he needs a run of games and most importantly a few
goals to regain his confidence and become the player
who saved us at the start of last season, I for one am not
writing him off completely.
«The ultimate
goal here, after all, is to raise a healthy child, one
who will grow into a healthy adult,» the authors
write.
I
write this to encourage anyone
who really, really wants to to continue to breastfeed even when it seems like everything is stacked against you meeting that
goal.
I think as women, we do have
goals and timetables, but I think when you're
writing a dream and a life - long script with somebody
who you truly believed you're going to wake up to for the rest of your life — that's not easy to let go of.
Write your
goals down in a journal or share them with a friend
who's willing to hold you accountable for taking steps toward making those dreams a reality.
I'm glad that you
wrote that your
goal «is to help those
who want it, not to judge those
who donâ $ ™ t.» It has helped to ground me and realize that judging doesn't accomplish anything.
My main
goal in
writing this post is to tell the new mom
who is going insane dealing with sleep issues to follow your instincts.
Repealing the Second Amendment would be the best way to «weaken the NRA» and help the students
who have protested around the country achieve their
goal of sweeping gun control, retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens
wrote in a NY Times OpEd.
If our
goal is to influence policymakers, they are the ones
who are willing to
write letters, show up at town halls, and engage in other advocacy efforts.»
I had been an undergraduate at Northwestern, and my college research advisor,
who had just
written a dozen or so letters of recommendation in support of my residency applications, had discussed my career
goals with Northwestern's chair of pathology.
But even
goal setting and avoiding e-mail won't help a writer
who doesn't know what to
write or how to
write it.
In a related editorial, Virginia A. Stallings, M.D., of the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and University of Pennsylvania,
writes: «Future studies and educational activities are needed to encourage families
who choose to provide lunch from home to prepare meals that are similar to the NSLP diet patterns and the health promotion
goals.
The new road map is «ignoring the fact that 2 % was the government's
goal for 2010... and that the average in the 27 EU member states today is just over 2 %,» Amaya Moro - Martín, an astrophysicist
who is a spokesperson of the researchers» organization Investigación Digna,
writes in an e-mail to ScienceInsider.
«Schools need to set a clear
goal to improve
writing instruction so that all teachers and all students are engaged,» said Brisk, who details her Genres in Writing approach in her book Educating Students in Academic Literacies (2015, Rout
writing instruction so that all teachers and all students are engaged,» said Brisk,
who details her Genres in
Writing approach in her book Educating Students in Academic Literacies (2015, Rout
Writing approach in her book Educating Students in Academic Literacies (2015, Routledge).
In a 7 - year study at a Boston elementary school where half the students are English Language Learners (ELL), setting a school - wide
goal of improved
writing skills and using a genres - based instructional method improved the performance of ELL students on state and internal assessments, according to Boston College Lynch School of Education Professor Maria E. Brisk,
who presents her findings today at the American Educational Research Association annual meeting.
«The primary
goal of GEP testing is to identify patients at high recurrence risk
who will benefit from chemotherapy, while allowing patients with a low recurrence risk to forego chemotherapy, potentially offsetting the test costs with savings from reductions in chemotherapy use,»
wrote authors led by Young Chandler, PhD, of the Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center in Washington, DC.
Mind over matter plays a huge part in the success of your dreams and
goals,»
wrote Kari Ianuale,
who lost 150 pounds.
The idea of keeping a journal and
writing down all the exercises you do and all the food you eat might seem like a lot of hard work and it is but all the evidence shows that people
who do so have more success reaching their
goals than people
who don't.
Research shows that people
who write down their
goals are 75 % more likely to achieve them!
If you saw my very first blog post regarding my
goals for the next 12 weeks, you are about to hear from the person
who really got me started in
writing them.
I realize this message may be a bit hypocritical coming from someone
who writes science - based bodybuilding articles, uses a science - based approach to the sport and intends to continue doing so; however, my
goal for this article is to help everyone see common ground between approaches based on science and broscience to begin developing some unity in the sport.
Lawrance explained that to overcome some of the barriers described above, she recommends
writing down the
goals you want to achieve, sharing those
goals with loved ones
who can offer support and just taking it day - by - day.
I'm definitely someone
who writes down my
goals and ticks them off.